There are said to be countries in which public institutions routinely communicate with their citizens via apps.
In Germany, on the other hand, there are often dramas.
The Corona and Luca apps were initially developed at a bumpy pace and then publicly talked about to such an extent that there was huge uncertainty and the apps were no longer useful.
It is to be hoped that the electricity app of the network operator Transnet BW does not face the same fate.
The idea is as sensible as it is banal.
Instead of having to buy expensive replacements in Switzerland or France in the rare cases when electricity is a little scarcer in the south-west, citizens can simply leave their washing machines and dishwashers running sooner or later.
This is what modern power grid management could look like.
One wonders why this hasn't been standard for a long time.
Instead, however, the app is designed with traffic light colors in such a way that it unsettles.
It is published in the middle of the energy crisis and therefore naturally placed in the context of energy security.
And in public, many don't bother to explain thoroughly what it's really about, but look forward to quick, terrible news.
Digital communication in this country is hell.